French terror executions failed to cow rebels who laughed at death.

Evidence

Already in August Leclerc noted the “true fanaticism” among the rebels, who would rather die than surrender, and lamented that he no longer had any “moral power” in the colony. He had “nothing left but terror” to use against the insurgents, and he deployed this weapon with desperation, hanging sixty insurgents in one day in Le Cap. Still, as he wrote a few days later, the rebels—both men and women—seemed uncowed, and even “laughed at death.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1013

Already in August Leclerc noted the “true fanaticism” among the rebels, who would rather die than surrender, and lamented that he no longer had any “moral power” in the colony. He had “nothing left but terror” to use against the insurgents, and he deployed this weapon with desperation, hanging sixty insurgents in one day in Le Cap. Still, as he wrote a few days later, the rebels—both men and women—seemed uncowed, and even “laughed at death.” Furthermore, as he reminded Decrès, to inflict terror effectively he would need more “money and troops.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1013

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1013